Ginia Bellafante

Columnist for the New York Times; editorial director Times' Cities Conference. I am the one who knocks. New York City, just like I pictured it.

[Tom Robbins @tommy_robb]

Stan Brezenoff, first deputy mayor under Mayor Koch during municipal scandals of the late '80s on trying to carry on the work at City Hall: "The pressure is unbelievable. Distraction doesn't begin to describe it. It's almost impossible to follow the agenda." @VitalCityNYC

[Mike Stanton @projomike]

It was less than 2 weeks ago that I talked to ⁦@GiniaNYT⁩ about the similarities & differences between Eric Adams & Buddy Cianci. Coincidence?

https://t.co/mNdRcvC8N8

[beastinfection @Michael99061883]

@GiniaNYT this is a great read, well done
https://t.co/jSoJW9Uqdj

[Benjamin Weiser @BenWeiserNYT]

BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction affirmed by the 2nd Circuit appeals court in Manhattan. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the court was unanimous.

[Emma G. Fitzsimmons @emmagf]

Lisa Zornberg, Mayor Eric Adams’s chief legal adviser, abruptly resigned on Saturday. She wrote in a letter: “It has been a great honor to serve the city. I am tendering my resignation, effective today, as I have concluded that I can no longer effectively serve in my position.”

[Joe Ferullo @ironworker1]

Stunningly beautiful look at a great NYC novel and a wild moment for the city via ⁦@GiniaNYT⁩ …
#NYC #literature
https://t.co/PQQB2gjMNU via @NYTimes

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

Welcome!

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

@rl_smoke @JohnJLennon1 Hello!

[Alexandra Jacobs @AlexandraJacobs]

Cats are the new pussy hats. By @GiniaNYT https://t.co/tF4A6wsvMS

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

@KelleherChicago Great question! It's a challenge b/c older buildings often don't have the capacity and oomph to accommodate them.

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

@TheOrwellPrize @1843mag @Wendell23 @janinegibson @DavidGauke @helenlewis @FreeNazanin @po_qu Congratulations Wendy!

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

@chriscquinn Such fantastic news! Celebrate celebrate celebrate!

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

@jen_harlan @nytimesbooks Congratulations! So exciting.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Finally got to this amazing @fastlerner piece for @propublica and @NewYorker on 3M's very fraught history with "forever chemicals." So damning and upsetting, and a textbook example of how to write about a complex environmental coverup in a compelling way. https://t.co/1fsmqaFWeD

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

@vcunningham With top notes of the '60s

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

Police are clearing protesters from Hamilton Hall. Follow live coverage here: https://t.co/uRSBxEfWFL

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

Congratulations to the always fantastic, enviably talented @RESullivanJr who surely has a prize winner on his hands.

[Robert Sullivan @RESullivanJr]

Thanks @lithub for mentioning that this book is out today! https://t.co/gNuilzWQEx

[Ginia Bellafante @GiniaNYT]

Cannot stop talking about this novel--nothing has come close to capturing the dread of the 2020s quite like it.

[Matt Weiland @MattWeiland]

Grateful to the sharp-eyed reviewers of NEGATIVE SPACE: @thomasbeller in AIRMAIL, Lynn Steger Strong in NYTBR, Sam Sacks in WSJ. Across their varied views they've caught Gillian Linden's remarkable style, comparing it to Ann Beattie, Raymond Carver, Lydia Davis, and Joan Didion.

[Amanda Fortini @amandafortini]

From the Department of Grossness:
"An August 2023 report published by pest control company MMPC estimated that there may be as many as 3 million rats in New York City, a 50% increase since 2010." https://t.co/5n9cpIVped

[Matt Weiland @MattWeiland]

Happy publication day to Gillian Linden and her remarkable debut novel NEGATIVE SPACE--a cool, crystalline, and affecting book, and one for our times.